You're talking about Melissa Kaplan, correct? I don't think she's opposed to keeping reptiles. I think she's opposed to people that don't know what they're doing keeping reptiles. If you do go come back and tell us the summary of what she talked about, or record it. I partly have to agree with her about owning reptiles. But I think at most there should be a partial ban of some species unless qualified to work with them. There really is something to be said about the number of reptiles dumped each year due to improper care and keepers that don't realize what it takes to keep these animals. Reptiles have been dumped to the degree of non-native species having stable populations in the southern united states. (fyi: stable populations of Iguanas a few other lizards and Burmese Pythons in florida and surrounding states.) I believe she does have a valid point but I don't not believe there should be an all-out ban on reptiles.